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Amoebic Generation

Let's start with one amoeba and call it the first generation. It divides into two off-springs. Both of them are equally likely to either survive or die. If it survives, it again divides into two off-springs; and it goes on...
In the fourth generation, only two amoebas survive. In how many ways, this is possible?